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Cl2 dry etch, black Si surface
2005-02-21
Matteo Dainese
2005-02-22
Yves Bertic
2005-02-24
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Cl2 dry etch, black Si surface
[email protected]
2005-02-24
Hello Matteo and Yves,
what you are seeing is a roughnening of the surface, this appears black to
the naked eye. The source of the roughness could be one of a number of
suspects: Mask residues; non-optimised process; surface contamination. Try a
1 minute Ar pre-clean to remove residues/contamination.

Mark

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